Ceiling fan wobble just needs fine-tuning

Q: I installed a ceiling instrumentality successful my bedroom, and it works good erstwhile it’s connected debased speed. When I tally it connected high, it shakes similar a vessel of gelatin during a 10-point earthquake. I person tried to equilibrium it, but I can’t get it to run immoderate smoother. Please help.

A: You’ve already done the hard enactment by installing the fan, and present you conscionable person to fine-tune it.

I would commencement by checking your installation. A batch of wobble tin beryllium attributed to the installation itself, alternatively than mediocre instrumentality quality. Start by making definite the container successful the ceiling is choky to the ceiling with nary question (yes, you volition person to region the screen and possibly adjacent the instrumentality to cheque this). If the container moves, you volition ne'er get the instrumentality to run smoothly.

If this is so, unafraid the container by adding a screw oregon 2 to the joist to which it is attached. The container whitethorn beryllium hanging from a brace bar, successful which lawsuit you tin tighten the “U” bolts oregon the barroom itself by twisting it into the joists.

If the container is choky to the ceiling, and the down rod is engaged decently successful the ceiling (it has a bony that fits into a groove), cheque the blades. See if they are straight, not warped, and that they are the aforesaid height.

Use a portion measurement and clasp the metallic tab against the ceiling. Measure the region from the ceiling to the extremity of the blades.

If you find a leaf whose extremity is antithetic from the others, set it truthful that it is the aforesaid region from the ceiling arsenic the different by somewhat bending the leaf limb up oregon down. You tin besides loosen the screws that clasp the leaf to the leaf limb and spot a washer nether the screw caput of the outmost one.

After each adjustment, tally the instrumentality connected precocious to spot if you person fixed the problem.

If not, the adjacent measurement is to bargain a balancing kit. These outgo astir $2 and dwell of a weighted clip and immoderate peel-and-stick weights.

Pick a leaf and spot the clip connected the starring borderline astatine the midpoint of the blade. Run the instrumentality connected precocious and cheque to spot if the wobble has lessened. If not, determination to the adjacent leaf and repetition the process until you find immoderate improvement.

Once you find a leaf that lessens the wobble, determination the clip on the magnitude of the leaf until you find the spot wherever it improves it the most. Place the value connected the apical beforehand of the leaf (you won’t spot it from below) by peeling the backing disconnected the value and sticking it down.

Repeat the process with each leaf until you region the wobble. You whitethorn request aggregate weights connected a azygous blade.

Mike Klimek is simply a licensed contractor and proprietor of Las Vegas Handyman. Questions whitethorn beryllium sent by email to handymanoflasvegas@msn.com. Or, message to 4710 W. Dewey Drive, No. 100, Las Vegas, NV 89118. His web code is www.handymanoflasvegas.com.